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Doc,
Cool, I did something right.  Before I read much of you analysis I watched the Catricala video, clicking back and forth, stop and go.  I noticed that his 'load" sequence is down, into a slight dip where he loads up from.  Watch Tiger's swing in his prime...and Slammin' Sammy Snead's, they load by dropping into the ball.  That slight dip, btw, allows for the hips to really explode through the zone.
His bat going from  parallal to the ground, just prior to the pitch release, to perpendicular creates load as well.
Cat's back elbow tucked into his belt, and his hips fired, creates "lag" (in the golf parlance)....and lag creates speed.  Watch Bubba Watson to get the idea.
Some swingers need movement to create rhythm and speed.  Not so Catricala, evidently.  Less movement means less loss of rhythm, btw.  And I think that means he stays "on the ball" more than your average bear.
Golf and hitting aren't exactly the same thing.  But no teaching pro, worth a hoot, is going to look at Cat's move and say, "You know, we need to tweak this."
Man, get out of his way and let him hit.
I'ld be lying if I wasn't thinking that the M's may be thinking about an offense first-youth infused left side of the infield.
Right now, we ain't bad.
moe